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Sixteen true crime cases with a connection to two West Midlands English towns from the Middle Ages to the early decades of the twentieth century. Criminal cases give us a fascinating, often harrowin……続きを見る

Written “in the manner of a good crime thriller” (The Wall Street Journal), the inside story of the largest law-enforcement sting operation ever, in which the FBI created its own tech start-up to wi……続きを見る

In "The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World," William W. Sanger presents a comprehensive exploration of one of society's most enduring institutions. Employi……続きを見る

In "Instead of a Book," Benjamin Ricketson Tucker presents a compelling exploration of individualism and anarchism as a philosophical framework. This seminal work encapsulates Tucker's unique litera……続きを見る

In "The Redemption of Freetown," Charles M. Sheldon weaves a poignant narrative that explores the themes of faith, redemption, and community resilience through the lens of a small, fictional town. S……続きを見る

In "The Great Illusion," Norman Angell presents a compelling critique of militarism and an incisive examination of the economic realities of war in the early 20th century. The book deftly intertwine……続きを見る

Does empathy help us to be moral? The author argues that empathy is often instrumental to meeting the demands of morality as defined by various ethical theories. This multi-faceted work links psycho……続きを見る

What happens when we listen to a film? How can we describe the relationship of sound to vision in cinema, and in turn our relationship as spectators with the audio-visual? Jean-Luc Godard understood……続きを見る

Family Group Conferences are seen as a progressive and influential form of practice in child welfare across the globe. This book examines and identifies variations in independent advocacy provision ……続きを見る

Central to this volume, and critical to its unique creative significance and contribution, is the conceptual unification of syndemics and stigma. Syndemics theory is increasingly recognized in socia……続きを見る

With her novels, The Fountainhead in 1943 and Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand created the philosophy of Objectivism, which continues to influence conservative American politics. Now, after all of t……続きを見る

“Roxane Gay is so great at weaving the intimate and personal with what is most bewildering and upsetting at this moment in culture. She is always looking, always thinking, always passionate, always ……続きを見る

Combining a modern, data-analytic perspective with a focus on applications in the social sciences, the Third Edition of Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models provides in-depth co……続きを見る

The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and margi……続きを見る

Doing Practitioner Research focuses on helping practitioners conduct research in their own organisations, and attention is given to the best methods for doing this effectively and sensitively. The a……続きを見る

Bouncer Brian Fitzgerald was murdered by members of Limerick’s notorious McCarthy-Dundon gang – because he refused to allow drugs to be sold inside a nightclub. Drug addict Sinead Kelly was stabbed ……続きを見る

Providing an overview of institutional developments and innovations in human rights politics, this volume discusses some of the most important current and emerging human rights issues. It takes stoc……続きを見る

The spread of UK music festivals has exploded since 2000. In this major contribution to cultural studies, the lid is lifted on the contemporary festival scene. Gone are the days of a handful of form……続きを見る

No American state is more antistatist than Alaska. And no state takes in more federal money per capita, which accounts for a full third of Alaska’s economy. This seeming paradox underlies the story ……続きを見る

Religious discrimination is the norm in many countries around the world, and the rate is rising. Nearly every country which discriminates does so unequally, singling out some religious minorities fo……続きを見る

Every day we hear stories about the consequences of human frailties for individuals, their families and friends, and their organizations. Some of these stories are about alcohol and drug addiction a……続きを見る

The overarching research topic addressed in this book is the complex and multifaceted interaction between infrastructural accessibility/connectivity of city-regions on the one hand and knowledge gen……続きを見る

Glimpses of Oneida Life is a remarkable compilation of modern stories of community life at the Oneida Nation of the Thames Settlement and the surrounding area. With topics ranging from work experien……続きを見る

More than forty years have passed since the official end of the Vietnam War, yet the war’s legacies endure. Its history and iconography still provide fodder for film and fiction, communities of war ……続きを見る

This book examines the influence of constitutional legal paradigms upon the political stability and viability of states. It contributes to the literature in the field by focussing on how constitutio……続きを見る

Business travel has become indispensable to the global economy, not only due to its necessity in the maintaining of corporate networks, but also because of the associated economies that cater to the……続きを見る

This book examines the role played by one important external stakeholder, Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation, in helping to build peace and promote reconciliation in Northern Ireland……続きを見る

This collection provides the first in-depth, interdisciplinary and over-arching review of higher education in Ireland, situating higher education within the socio-cultural, political and historical ……続きを見る

This book challenges the ways we think about human agency by looking at the creativity, ethics, and capacities for social transformation that are embedded in simple actions of “doing”. Stemming from……続きを見る

It was an incredible destiny for a man who repeatedly announced that he was “without ambition.” Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke no languages……続きを見る